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NGC 3396
NGC 3396, LEDA 32434, MCG+06-24-018, UGC 5935, VV 246a, I 117, h 766, GC 2217
Type: galaxy (in pair), I
Mag: B=12.93, V=12.5
Size: 3.715′ x 1.548′
PA: 100°
History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects (Corwin 2004)
NGC 3396. See IC 2613.
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms: H I-117
Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "Two; the first [NGC 3395], cB, cL, irregularly extended; the second [NGC 3396], pB, pL, irregularly extended. Distance 1' at the vertex at the north ends."
Published comments
Arp (1966)
Together with NGC 3395 listed as No. 270 in Arp's "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies" (Astrophysical Journal Supplement, vol. 14, 1966.) He remarks "note arc form of emission knots."
Sandage, A. et al. (1975) Galaxies and the Universe
G. de Vaucouleurs ("Galaxies and the Universe", Chapter 14 - Nearby Groups of Galaxies) notes that the NGC 3396 Group is a part of the Leo II Cloud Complex. The five brightest members of the NGC 3396 Group are NGC 3430, NGC 3395, NGC 3396, NGC 3427 & NGC 3413.
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 12.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads EL,HISBCT,DIFPERIPH.
Van den Bergh (1961)
Van den Bergh (1961, Astronomical Journal, Vol 66, p566) notes that this galaxy forms a pure pair with NGC 3395 1.3 arcminutes away.
Modern observations
Brian Skiff
NGC 3395
POSS: -95 in pa33, -96 in pa95. nucs sep by 1'.25. can't see *ing NE end
of -95, but burned-in here.
UGC: -95 in pa[50]; -96 in pa100.
15cm - merged pair recog @ 50x. 140x: SWrn comp lrgr, brtr. elong NE-SW,
points across N side of -96. fat oval 1'.5x1'. wk even concen to wkly
discernable ~circ core and sub*ar nuc. *ing about 1/2way twd NE end.
-96 elong ~E-W, halo merges w/that of -95. vbr 15" circ core w/comsp
*ar nuc that is fntr but more concen than in -95. f lentic halo 1'x0'.3.
whole mess ~2'.5 diam. BS, 29Mar1989, Anderson Mesa.
25cm - vis @ 90x, two mod br circ objects nrly in contact, ~2' sep. -95 is
somewhat lgr, perhaps elong in pa15, 1'x0'.75. -96 has prominent *ar
nuc, circ, 1' diam.
30cm - nice pair, strikingly sim at first glance. -95 has smooth concen, elong
~N-S w/more extensive halo than -96. non*ar nuc. 1'x0'.7. -96 is elong
~E-W, w/sl concen except for prominent *ar nuc. 0'.9x0'.6. the pair
~1' sep in pa60. CBL, Roof.
Contemporary observations
Tom Bryant
2011 6 4 22:35:00
Observing site: Little Bennett Regional Park
Telescope: C-11
[10h 49m 54s, 32° 59m 0s] A pair with 3395. WikiSky: Interacting spirals.
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